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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, asked FBI director Robert Mueller today to investigate as hate crimes fires that damaged two South Florida synagogues. (As Reported Here).

Wasserman Schultz Asks FBI Chief to Investigate Fires at Chabad House as Hate Crimes

Sun Sentinel

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, asked FBI director Robert Mueller today to investigate as hate crimes fires that damaged two South Florida synagogues. (As Reported Here).

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Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)
Errol Lewis - Email
Nearly 17 years after riots tore Crown Heights apart, the recent beating of a black college student by Jewish assailants has exposed rising tensions between blacks and Jews in my neighborhood.

Cops and city officials have quietly gone on high alert, worried that another riot could be in the works.

The troubles began on April 14, when Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old sophomore at Kingsborough Community College, says he and a friend encountered a pair of young Jewish men while walking down Albany Ave. about 6 p.m.

“One was on bike, one was on foot. They were staring at us, staring us down,” Charles told me. “We stared back. They approached us and asked if we had a problem.”

NY Daily News Op-Ed: ‘Tribal’ tension in Crown Heights keeps neighborhood from moving beyond hate

Errol Lewis – Email

Nearly 17 years after riots tore Crown Heights apart, the recent beating of a black college student by Jewish assailants has exposed rising tensions between blacks and Jews in my neighborhood.

Cops and city officials have quietly gone on high alert, worried that another riot could be in the works.

The troubles began on April 14, when Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old sophomore at Kingsborough Community College, says he and a friend encountered a pair of young Jewish men while walking down Albany Ave. about 6 p.m.

“One was on bike, one was on foot. They were staring at us, staring us down,” Charles told me. “We stared back. They approached us and asked if we had a problem.”

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CH Hatzalah Gets a New Ambulance!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Members of Hatzalah were busy outside the garage on Schenectady Avenue last night switching over the equipment from the old CH-3 to the new CH-3.

A Hatzalah Coordinator told CrownHeights.info that the typical amount of time an ambulance is kept in service is five years, and CH-3’s five years just came up.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Chanie (nee Donin) Lasker (Crown Heights) on the birth of a their firstborn daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief.

Crude oil set a record for the sixth day in a row — this time closing above $117 a barrel — after an attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Middle East rattled investors.

Retail Gas Hits Record $3.50 A Gallon

NEW YORK (AP) — Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief.

Crude oil set a record for the sixth day in a row — this time closing above $117 a barrel — after an attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Middle East rattled investors.

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The New York Times

Former Mayor Edward I. Koch said on Monday that he planned to stay in Manhattan — for good.

Mr. Koch, who turned 83 in December, said that he had purchased a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery.

“The idea of leaving Manhattan permanently irritates me,” said Mr. Koch, who represented the East Side in the City Council and in Congress before being elected to the first of three terms as mayor in 1977.

Koch, Resolved to Spend Eternity in Manhattan, Buys a Cemetery Plot

The New York Times

Former Mayor Edward I. Koch said on Monday that he planned to stay in Manhattan — for good.

Mr. Koch, who turned 83 in December, said that he had purchased a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery.

“The idea of leaving Manhattan permanently irritates me,” said Mr. Koch, who represented the East Side in the City Council and in Congress before being elected to the first of three terms as mayor in 1977.

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SPRINGFIELD, IL [CHI] — In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan and Pesach, the Head Shliach of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, was invited to give the invocation in the Senate of Illinois. Rabbi Moscowitz was introduced by the Senate President Senator Emil Jones and State Senator Ira Silverstein.

After his remarks, he and his son, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, met with all the Jewish legislators in the state capital and gave them beautiful packages of Shmurah Matzah and literature about Pesach.

Pictures in the Extended Article!

Invocation and Mivtza Pesach in Illinois State Capital

SPRINGFIELD, IL [CHI] — In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan and Pesach, the Head Shliach of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, was invited to give the invocation in the Senate of Illinois. Rabbi Moscowitz was introduced by the Senate President Senator Emil Jones and State Senator Ira Silverstein.

After his remarks, he and his son, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, met with all the Jewish legislators in the state capital and gave them beautiful packages of Shmurah Matzah and literature about Pesach.

Pictures in the Extended Article!

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Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Broward Teacher to Receive National Honor

Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chanoch and Shaina (nee Itkin) Rosenfeld (Shluchim To Hamilton, ON, Canada) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

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Fire Damages Miami Beach Chabad Synagogue

Miami Herald

MIAMI BEACH, FL — Police on Tuesday are investigating an overnight fire that gutted a Miami Beach synagogue during Passover.

Congregants of The Chabad Shul at 2401 Pinetree Dr. suspect the fire was intentionally set, and they say whoever did it also vandalized a Torah inside.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Crime
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Canadian Rabbi is Brigade’s First Since WWII

David Fleischer – Georgina Advocate

Photo by Cpl Terence Fernandes 32 CBG Public Affairs

THORNHILL, Canada — He is a 52-year-old father and an Orthodox rabbi, but last week Lazer Danzinger tried something entirely new: he joined the Canadian Armed Forces.

“I’m actually excited about it. I like challenges, I like learning,” the Thornhill resident said of his new role as a chaplain.

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! to Eli and Chanie (nee Boyarsky) Spalter (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son!

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

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